Article: Japanese Inventor Develops Seat Belt Retractor

Article: Japanese Inventors Develop Seat Belt Retractor
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 27, 2006 ;     507 words ... ... Trademark Office: "A seat belt retractor includes a spool for winding a seat belt; a locking mechanism having a locking member rotating with the spool ... direction of unwinding the seat belt relative to the locking member in the emergency state ...

Article: Taiwanese, Chinese Inventors Develop Computer Enclosure with ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 5, 2007 ;     504 words ... ... comprises a base, a drive bracket received in the base and a locking member. A stopping portion extends downwardly from a bottom plate of the drive bracket. The locking member comprises a supporting base secured on the base and an operating ...

Article: Michigan Inventors Develop Locking Member Air Bag ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 28, 2008 ;     533 words ... ... predetermined distance for restricting the flow of inflation fluid through the vent opening. The apparatus further includes a locking member for blocking the mechanism from increasing the flow of inflation fluid through the vent opening after the inflatable occupant ...

Article: Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Locking ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 3, 2008 ;     366 words ... ... Va., April 3 -- Pi-Fu Kung of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a tightening piece used as a locking member, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D565,687 on April ...

Article: Japanese Inventor Develops Card Connector Locking ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 14, 2006 ;     496 words ... ... said: "The cam rod has a support shaft fixed to the housing and a cam engagement member positioned in the cam groove. A locking member having a substantially cantilever construction locks the card in the housing and has a fixed end attached to the slider ...

Article: Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Socket Connector, Latch ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 29, 2008 ;     482 words ... ... member is pivotably connected to the housing. The latch member is movable between an open position and a closed position. A locking member is positioned on the latch member and configured to prevent movement of the latch member from the closed position to the ...

Article: North Carolina Inventors Develop Safety Retainers Locking ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 5, 2008 ;     542 words ... ... N.C., Eric Allen Stegner of Durham, N.C., and Robert William Stegner of Raleigh, N.C., have developed a locking member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are disclosed for locking at least ...